Hate is too great a burden to bear.

To really know someone is to have loved and hated him in turn.

When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform.

The process of nonviolence is one that takes time and those of us who've suffered, who've been persecuted over the years, would like to see things change, you know, overnight.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

Nonviolence is a method that transforms, first of all, the individual once you understand it and embrace it. It begins with you and, if you can, about transforming individuals so that they love unconditionally.

We have to launch a national campaign against homophobia in the black community.